Make It

Quick Trip Diaper Bag
With it’s compact size and waterproof lining, the Quick Trip Diaper Bag from Liz at Sew4Home will be appreciated by any new parent.

Baby Blanket Gift Set
Shower an expecting friend or relative with Jessica’s Baby Blanket Gift Set which includes a large baby blanket, reversible bib, 2 burp cloths, and an embellished onsie. Check out Juicy Bits for her complete tutorial with step-by-step instructions.

Fleece Baby Booties
We’d love to see every baby in a pair of these irresistible Fleece Baby Booties from Julia of Adirondack Mama, guest posted at Rhythm of the Home.

Shopping Cart Seatbelt
Caroline at Obsessively Stitching shows you how to create a Shopping Cart Seatbelt using a single canvas D-ring belt!

Here are just a handful of fabrics we love for some of these projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew!shop:

Buy It

You Are Loved Baby Book from GadankeGadanke’sBaby Book has 70 pages to fill with stories, photos and memorabilia for you to treasure in the years to come. Gadanke will be giving away a journal of your choice to one lucky winner with your Handmade Holidays comment on this post today. Please specifically mention Gadanke, baby books or journaling in your comment if you’d like to win this specific prize.

Mix It

Dairy, Egg and Nut Free Shortbread Cookies from Food Allergy Mama
No one will notice that these Shortbread Cookies from Kelly at Food Allergy Mama are free of dairy, egg and nut. Bake a batch or two with a little one and enjoy their buttery goodness!

Print It

Modern Paper Mobile for Babies
Entertain a little one with this simple Modern Paper Mobile from Joel at Made by Joel. These can be simple and fast to put together using Joel’s templates and clear instructions.

Win It

Tweet #handmadeholidays anytime this week for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

Comment in today’s post for a chance to win one of these books! Visit our prizelists to see some of the other great giveaways this month.

Beloved designer Lotta Jansdotter’s smart, organic design has earned her international acclaim. Now she shares her recipe for a stylish home: take a whole lot of Scandinavian influence, mix in a dash of flea-market finds, and then top it all off with expressive handmade touches. The result? An entirely fresh approach to home décor and contemporary living. In this lavishly illustrated book, Lotta shares her decorating secrets, design resources, entertaining tips, and family traditions. Tucked away at the back she’s included stencil pages and perforated recipe cards featuring classic Swedish dishes. Equal parts inspiration and how-to, this charming book shows readers how to create a warm home with elements of simple Scandinavian-influenced style.

Anna Maria Horner’s signature style combines the techniques of a seasoned sewer with the vision of an artist. InSeams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing, she walks you through the fundamentals, offering practical advice on everything from fabric selection to color choices to choosing and buying a sewing machine. Simple step-by-step instructions show you how to turn her designs into fanciful creations:

Sideways Squares Skirt

Prairie Blouse

Full Contact Cooking Apron

PlayingAlong Quilt

Doggie Dreams Bed

Vivid full-color photographs and designs will invite you into the creative process. Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran, the twenty-four projects in this beautiful book will transform your home and wardrobe into a collection of unique treasures.

Quick-there’s a monster in your closet! No? Then, MAKE one! Every closet hides a multitude of out-of-style sweaters, pearl-trimmed jackets, ill-fitting jeans…and worse. And all the repurposing in the world won’t make them wearable again. Fortunately, the inimitable John Murphy of Stupid Sock Creature fame has devised a “green” solution: take those ugly pink sport coats and muumuus and turn them into goofy goonies, multi-legged monsters, other awesomely adorable creatures. They’re all charmingly illustrated with cartoonish élan by the author himself.

The Green Grocery Bag Challenge is a project to encourage sewists to wrap their holiday gifts in reusable cloth grocery bags, thus reducing the amount of wrapping paper entering the waste stream while simultaneously getting multi-use bags into the hands of consumers. Please include Mother Earth in your holiday plans. Read more here and join us on The Green Grocery Bag Challenge Facebook page where we’ll be posting wrapping ideas, sewing patterns and tips for reducing waste this holiday season.

These are gorgeous ideas! Wish I had known about them about 6 months ago when my friend due…I would definately have made some of these things for her. But she did get some applique baby grows from me anyway

I’ll have to give those allergen free shortbread cookies a whirl. I can’t do dairy and SO many folks are allergic to so many things. I love all the baby ideas especially the bag. I’m an Amy Butler fan.

Love it all!! I am actually having our 4th baby in April and I am in need of some new cute stuff for this one. Going to be making a new diapers and wipes pouch and some fleece booties for sure! Thanks!

Great! Thanks for all the awesome ideas. I especially love the Gadanke book! Would love to win that for my sister. She’s having her first in April! I can’t wait. This little journal would be perfect for documenting the new little ones precious life!

P.S. At a time when my To Do list should be shrinking as Christmas grows ever closer and I become more realistic, it just keeps growing: I see cute projects here and keep adding them to my list! I don’t know whether to thank you or avoid you. No, I do: Thanks so much!

The Gadanke baby journal would be a treasure of a gift for new parents…I’m thinking of a special pair who are expecting the baby they were told could never happen. He is loved already, by so many people.

A gift basket of homemade goodies is a warm and wonderful way to welcome a baby. I also really liked the name idea. There’s a lot you can do to take it further. Like a hanging mobile with their name letters.

I didn’t know if I could comment for the last several days since I won a book early in the month Handmade Holidays posts, but I just had to say thank you for all the wonderful ideas, inspirations, and tutorials. Today is no exception. I LOVE the name wall hanging, and know just which little friend to sew it for. Thanks for all the hard work this month; it’s been so fun to read everyday! (PS – please don’t enter me for any of the giveaways; I want the joy to be spread as far as possible!)

I’m 16 weeks along with my first child. I’ve already started a journal (and will cover it with fabric when I find out the gender, but not yet); the Gadanke journal would be a ton of fun for after baby is born (or perhaps it has pages for before?).

Anyhoo — all the books look like a ton of fun, any would be fun to have and try out.

What a great journal! I would like to win the Gadanke baby book for my giflfriend who is expecting her third child 7 years after her second. I love the blanket, birp cloth, bib and onsie gift basket idea.

The diaper bag is cute! I want one in vibrant colors like that!
I like keeping tickets and stubs and other little memorabilia in journals like the Gadanke one, it would be perfect for baby memories indeed!

Wahoo, another giveaway! Hmm, if I win, do I give the book to my sis for Christmas or keep it all for myself? Since we’re moving I’ll better give it to her so I won’t have to get so many presents myself.

The daily posts just keep getting better! With a neice on the way, I am excited to sew up Julia’s fleece baby booties using her great tutorial. Her site, Adirondack Mama is wonderful.
Thank you for another day overflowing with inspiration.

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